A small person; a pet; -- sometimes used contemptuously. [Obs.]
Peat
n.
A substance of vegetable origin, consisting of roots and fibers, moss, etc., in various stages of decomposition, and found, as a kind of turf or bog, usually in low situations, where it is always more or less saturated with water. It is often dried and used for fuel.
Phrases & Compounds
Peat bog
a bog containing peat; also, peat as it occurs in such places; peat moss.
Peat moss
The plants which, when decomposed, become peat
Peat reek
the reek or smoke of peat; hence, also, the peculiar flavor given to whisky by being distilled with peat as fuel.